Food 4 VOLS jr. Describe your project: The Food4VOLS Jr. initiative was launched to ensure that children in grades K–12 across Knox County had consistent access to nutritious meals during the summer months, when school-provided meals were unavailable. Made possible through a generous $10,000 grant from First Horizon Bank, the program built on the successful […]
On May 8, faculty and researchers from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) and the College of Social Work came together for a full-day, skills-based workshop on Rapid Qualitative Methodology to Support Community-Engaged Research.
Since 2020 I have had the privilege to collaborate with Denise Dean, East Tennessee Freedom Schools Executive Director, to incorporate phonics instruction to the Freedom Schools’ summer reading program.
The fourth annual eVOLve conference was a success, reaching the maximum number of attendees for both in-person and virtual. The 2025 theme of “Meeting Community Needs” weaved throughout the day with the keynote speaker and breakout sessions.
In this brief video, three students from the Project Excellence initiative at Austin East High School receive a full-tuition scholarship to attend The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The students received the scholarship after dcompleting curriculum for the community engaged initiative, Project Excellence.
